1For the purposes of the [4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. 22.] Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1941, the expression " the period of the present emergency" (being the expression which designates the period for which under that Act the National Fire Service is established) shall mean the period beginning as provided in that Act and ending immediately before the appointed day.
2Subsection (2) of section four of the [9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 26.] Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1946 (which continues the [2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 82.] Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1939, in operation as respects war service injuries, as defined in that Act, sustained by members of the National Fire Service during the period during which the said section four is in force) shall have effect as if the said section four continued in force until the beginning of the appointed day.